I have many mobiles around the house, some made by me and others not. I like how they give life to the spaces and how they balance the ceiling height. They are also easy to assemble, inexpensive and can be changed without problems, unless a giant Calder ... This was the last one I made, I found some embroidery loops at the supermarket and I brought several home, because they are a perfect base to arm them. I used fuchsia cotton yarn and a fun book called Mobile Art, which comes with templates and ideas.

The key to a beautiful mobile is to have some kind of order or harmony, it may be symmetry, a highest to lowest ratio, a specific shape to be repeated, geometry. Parts should always be in odd numbers, so that there is one that stands out.

We can use things we already have and we have to think about materials to achieve the effect we want, if it is peace, joy, musicality. We can build it over a base, like my embroidery hoop or maybe a stick or a branch collected from the beach or your garden, as here: